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Topic: LAT Sun. 6/21 Fred Piscop (Read 809 times)

"Seventh day activity" REST [never thought of rest as an activity]"Modeling accessory" DECAL [I first thought "tiara"]"Hard cash?" COIN [could be "cold, hard cash"]"Room in a big house?" CELL [also a room in a simple house {monk's cell}]

"Ivory tower milieu" for ACADEMIA is a common expression, but as a one-time academic, I never felt I was in a tower, and if I were, the tower would hardly have been ivory.

I guess I'm too old to appreciate e-texting abbreviations. I assume MYOB means mind your own business, but is there really a need? How often, after all, does someone use that expression in writing? Are all expressions fodder for such short-cutting? Would PPTP be understood for "please pass the potatoes"? How about WWOTS for "while we're on the subject"? I suggest for the lexicon, wherever it's printed, the addition of PU for "particularly upsetting."

I didn't know chili was rated by its ALARM rating, as in a "five alarm fire." It's clever.